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Dec 23, 2022 · The GOAT debate is over. Messi has won the World Cup he was missing. RELATED: When and where is the 2026 World Cup? Argentina World Cup finishes by year. 1930 - Runners up. 1934 - Eliminated in first round. 1938 - 1954: Did not compete. 1958: Eliminated in group stage. 1962: Eliminated in group stage. 1966: Eliminated in quarterfinals.
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Finally, the answer to that question is an emphatic 'yes'! Messi had never won a FIFA World Cup prior to Qatar 2022. It was the only major trophy available to him that he had not won throughout his career. For a long time, Messi was missing a major international trophy at all, having won it all at club level multiple times but he was yet to win wit...
Messi went so close to lifting the World Cup trophy in 2014, nearly winning the tournament on rival soil in Brazil. With the hosts embarrassed by Germany in the semifinals, Argentina had the chance to take home the title and stick it to Brazil at their most famous stadium. They got by Switzerland and Belgium by 1-0 scorelines in the first two knock...
While Messi has done his best to push Argentina towards World Cup glory, his own personal return from his four World Cup appearances prior to 2022 had been disappointing. "La Pulga" had reached past the quarterfinals of the World Cup just once, in the 2014 run to the final in Brazil that ultimately came up just short. The most glaring number was hi...
Argentina's victory in Qatar 2022 is their third title overall. They won two prior World Cup titles, coming in 1978 and 1986, both surrounded by controversy. The first came on home soil as Mario Kempes scored an extra-time winner against the Netherlands who were upset with the hosts' stalling tactics. In 1986, Diego Maradona led the way, with the f...
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Eight years after the victory on home soil, Argentina won the World Cup title for the second time. Diego Maradona was voted Best Player of the tournament after scoring five goals and assisting the decisive 3-2 by Jorge Burruchaga in the 84th minute of the final.
Dec 18, 2022 · Lionel Messi, at 35, has finally won the World Cup with Argentina, leading his national side to an epic victory over the 2018 champions France, with a penalty shootout required to decide the winner after a 3-3 draw. And we can, more comfortably now, crown him the finest men's footballer of all time.
Dec 18, 2022 · Lionel Messi is a World Cup champion for the first time in his illustrious career, after Argentina beat France at Qatar 2022 in one of the greatest World Cup finals ever seen. Messi...
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Dec 18, 2022 · Like Maradona before him, Messi has pulled Argentina through successive World Cups regardless of their quality elsewhere – he has only fallen short on one count, the one that really matters.
Dec 19, 2022 · Messi emulated Maradona by winning the 2022 World Cup Credit: GETTY. Argentina then sealed their third World Cup title 36 years later, with Messi lifting the Jules Rimet trophy for...
